Roll paper holder



Jan. 5, 1932. .1. w M CLiNTOCK 1,840,120

ROLL PAPER HOLDER Filed Jan. 16, 1929 ,Jj VE V TO/Q/ mediate portion bent to form spring coils 22 and extending from said coils upwardly are arms 23 that terminate in loops 2 1, and which latter bear with a certain degree of pressure 011 the surfaces of the rolls of paper and prevent the same from unwinding too freely when the webs of paper are withdrawn to be torn off.

When the holder is properly positioned within the chamber C the periphery of the roll 21 projects slightly beyond the vertical plane occupied by the rear wall of the showcase, and the web of paper from this roll extends upward behind the showcase and the u per end of said web is engaged by a suita le paper cutter 25, preferably of the type disclosed in my copending application for United States Letters Patent filed June 11, 1928, Serial Number 284,423, now Patent No. 1,774,480, and which cutter is provided with a horizontally disposed tearing edge 26 against which the web of paper is engaged when the unwound portion of the paper is to be torn off.

Arranged directly above the paper cutter 25 is a second similar paper cutter 25a that receives the upper portion of the web of paper from the roll 19 and for the accommodation of the web of paper that unwinds from the roll 19 a roller 27 is arranged just below the corner between the rear wall of the showcase and the false bottom 11.

To load my improved roll paper holder, or to position the rolls of paper thereupon, the slidin frame comprising the rails 14, 15 and 16 is rawn outwardly upon the rails 12 until said holder occupies the position as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 1, and when so positioned the bearings 17 and 20 are disposed wholly outside the showcase so that rolls of paper may be arranged between said bearm s.

lifter the holder has been loaded it is moved rearwardly or into position within the chamber C, as shown by solid lines in Fig. 1, and after the webs of paper from the rolls have been threaded through the cutters 25 and 25a, portions of said paper may be conveniently withdrawn and torn off.

Thus it will be seen that I have provided a roll paper holder that is relatively simple in construction, inexpensive of manufacture, and which may be advantageously employed when holding rolls of paper that are utilized for wrapping various articles in merchandise establishments.

An especially desirable feature of my invention is that the improved roll paper holder combines readily with the showcases now generally used in stores, and while the holder normally occupies an out-of-the-way position beneath a showcase or counter, it may be readily withdrawn to a position where it may be conveniently loaded to replenish the supply of wrapping paper.

The construction of the sliding portion of the holder and the arrangement of the supporting brackets 17 and 20 enables two rolls of paper to be mounted on the holder, which rolls are of standard width and diameter and by locating the holder in the space or chamber beneath the standard forms of showcases the rolls of paper which otherwise would take up considerable room in the aisle behind a show case are conveniently positioned in an ordinary unused space.

It will be understood that minor changes in the size, form and construction of the various parts of my improved roll paper holder may be made and substituted for those herein shown and described without departing from the spirit of my invention, the scope of which is set forth in the appended claims.

I claim as my invention:

1. The combination with a store structure provided in its lower portion with a chamber, of a pair of horizontally disposed rails positioned in the lower portion of said chamber, a skeleton frame arranged for sliding movement on said rails, said frame comprising a pair of side rails, a pair of transverse rails and a pairof relatively short rails mounted on top of said tranverse rails, which short rails are'inset relative to said side rails, a pair of bearings located on the forward ends of said side rails a pair of bearings mounted on the intermediate portions of the inset short rails, both pairs of which bearings are adapted to receive the journals of roll paper carrying members, spring arms secured on the central portion of the front one of said pair of transverse rails between the rolls of paper, the free upper ends of which spring arms bear on the surfaces of said rolls of paper and a pair of spaced paper cutters arranged on the rear upper portion of the store structure for receiving and supporting the webs of paper from the rolls carried by the sliding frame.

2. The combination with a store structure provided in its lower portion with a chamber, of a pair of horizontally disposed arallel rails fixed in the lower portion 0 said chamber, which rails are substantially L-shape in cross section, a skeleton frame mounted for sliding movement upon said rails which frame comprises a air of parallel side rails that bear on the fi iied L-shaped rails, a pair of parallel transverse rails having their ends secured to said side rails and a pair of short rails secured on top of said transverse rails, whichshort rails are inset from the ends of said transverse rails and said side rails, a pair of bearings secured to and projecting upwardly from the front portions of the side rails, a pair of bearings secured to and projecting upwardly from the intermediate portions of the short rails, roll paper carrying spindles of different lengths having their ends journaled respectively in said bearings and spring arms secured to and projecting upwardly from the central portion of the front one or" the transverse rails, the free upper "ends of which spring arms bear on the surfaces of the rolls of paper carried by said spindles.

JAMES W. MQCLINTOOK. 

